Apollo.io vs. ConnectAndSell

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Apollo.io
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Apollo is a $1.6B AI-powered sales platform that helps revenue teams find and engage leads, automate outreach, manage deals, and enrich data. Boasting B2B database of more than 210 million contacts and 35 million companies, Apollo’s end-to-end platform helps businesses of all sizes unlock their full market potential with precision and ease. With users among 500,000+ companies, including Autodesk, Cyera, and DocuSign, Apollo offers a go-to-market platform to…
$59
per month per user
ConnectAndSell
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
ConnectAndSell takes the problem of getting decision makers on the phone and makes it go away. A typical Sales Rep will have more sales conversations using ConnectAndSell in one hour than they would typically have in an entire week.N/A
Pricing
Apollo.ioConnectAndSell
Editions & Modules
Basic
$59
per month per user
Professional
$99
per month per user
Organization
$1,188
per year per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Apollo.ioConnectAndSell
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptional$6,000 Diagnostic Evaluation incluses unlimited use for two named users for one month.
Additional Details20% discount for annual billing on the Basic and Professional plans.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Apollo.ioConnectAndSell
Features
Apollo.ioConnectAndSell
Prospecting
Comparison of Prospecting features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
7.9
17 Ratings
2% above category average
ConnectAndSell
-
Ratings
Advanced search7.517 Ratings00 Ratings
Identification of new leads7.817 Ratings00 Ratings
List quality7.717 Ratings00 Ratings
List upload/download8.316 Ratings00 Ratings
Ideal customer targeting7.817 Ratings00 Ratings
Load time/data access8.317 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Data Standards
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
7.8
17 Ratings
1% above category average
ConnectAndSell
-
Ratings
Contact information7.817 Ratings00 Ratings
Company information8.117 Ratings00 Ratings
Industry information7.516 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
7.7
17 Ratings
4% above category average
ConnectAndSell
-
Ratings
Lead qualification process7.814 Ratings00 Ratings
Smart lists and recommendations7.614 Ratings00 Ratings
Salesforce integration8.38 Ratings00 Ratings
Company/business profiles7.716 Ratings00 Ratings
Alerts and reminders7.014 Ratings00 Ratings
Data hygiene7.215 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic data refresh7.315 Ratings00 Ratings
Tags7.610 Ratings00 Ratings
Filters and segmentation8.516 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Email Features
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
6.9
12 Ratings
8% below category average
ConnectAndSell
-
Ratings
Sales email templates6.812 Ratings00 Ratings
Append emails to records7.011 Ratings00 Ratings
Preview Dialer
Comparison of Preview Dialer features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
-
Ratings
ConnectAndSell
5.0
9 Ratings
36% below category average
Contact preview00 Ratings6.09 Ratings
Dialer-CRM integration00 Ratings2.09 Ratings
Call notes & tags00 Ratings6.09 Ratings
Automatic call logging00 Ratings6.09 Ratings
Core Dialer
Comparison of Core Dialer features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
-
Ratings
ConnectAndSell
4.7
9 Ratings
47% below category average
Outbound dialing00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
Inbound routing00 Ratings4.04 Ratings
Custom caller ID00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
Click-to-call00 Ratings5.08 Ratings
Recorded voicemail drop00 Ratings2.07 Ratings
Dialer contact import00 Ratings2.08 Ratings
Campaign & list management00 Ratings6.09 Ratings
Call Follow-up and Quality Assurance
Comparison of Call Follow-up and Quality Assurance features of Product A and Product B
Apollo.io
-
Ratings
ConnectAndSell
5.7
9 Ratings
28% below category average
Follow-up calls00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
Dialer reporting & analytics00 Ratings4.09 Ratings
Dialer compliance00 Ratings6.08 Ratings
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User Ratings
Apollo.ioConnectAndSell
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(36 ratings)
5.0
(10 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(5 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Apollo.ioConnectAndSell
Likelihood to Recommend
Apollo.io
The automatic email feature is extremely helpful for quickly contacting more potential clients. It is user-friendly and easy to access all buttons, which helps you navigate the task efficiently. It could greatly help to acquire more clients for a project to be successful. I cannot see anything less appropriate for me to achieve the goal I am aiming for.
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ConnectAndSell, Inc.
If your organization relies on outbound leads through cold calling, this is a great tool for you. ConnectAndSell definitely made the associate's jobs easier at our company and allowed them to produce greater output than they could have done manually without such a tool. This tool is less appropriate if cold calling isn't a big part of your company's lead generation efforts.
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Pros
Apollo.io
  • Sequencing automated email campaigns for outbound prospecting (BD Function).
  • Integrating with Sales Navigator to help me find emails/phone #' numbers/"add to sequence" while prospecting. It's easy and seamless to find & then load contacts into Cadences.
  • Integration with Salesforce is a huge plus. Allows me to not worry about logging anything, but the executive team can see my activity & what is going on (emails going out, responses I get, etc.).
  • The analytics on the outreach data is always helpful as well (open rates, click rates, etc.).
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ConnectAndSell, Inc.
  • Builds lead lists.
  • Maximizes connections with prospects.
  • Provides guidance for how to approach future prospects.
  • Leaves strategic voicemails for prospects.
  • Sends emails based on programmable metrics.
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Cons
Apollo.io
  • Some of time it happens that right stakeholders' mobile seems not available in which improvement can help more accurate data.
  • Notifications when someone opens the marketing email and showing the interest.
  • Mobile application that will help us during the travelling. It will get very easy to log calls and find the contacts on the way.
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ConnectAndSell, Inc.
  • One thing that's been difficult about Connect and Sell is some people can tell you've been patched through so if you can work past the initial conversation it ends up working great.
  • The system has worked great with outreach which we've integrated our contacts directly into the system. Because of this the connection between outreach and connect and sell don't always communicate calls and metrics which are crucial for us to know conversion rates.
  • We had a hard time getting the system implemented quickly and working the way we wanted it to. Because of the implementation specialist we were working with problems weren't solved quickly rather they were worked through quickly however they were solved.
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Likelihood to Renew
Apollo.io
Generally quite a reliable tool with decent data quality/availability. Pricing works well for our team and our use case
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ConnectAndSell, Inc.
For the right reps who are good at talking to prospects who aren't expecting their call, this is a no brainer.
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Usability
Apollo.io
Apollo.io has an amazing amount of features. It's great being able to complete so many tasks in one space but it's also overwhelming. It took me a few days to work through all of the options when searching for a company or person. After a few days it started to provide companies for me which was confusing before I understood what was happening. At first, I was also confused about what a "sequence" was so maybe some of the jargon can be confusing. I think with time I will become more comfortable once I understand all of the options offered.
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ConnectAndSell, Inc.
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Apollo.io
The team wants to solve probelms, but we are finding that they don't know how to solve the more technical issues quickly. I suspect that they don't have a mature process for escalations, and they don't have a usable knowledge base article repository. They seems to push emails around to let us know that people are working on the issues to find solutions, but this takes weeks and oftentimes still leaves us without a resolution.
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ConnectAndSell, Inc.
I have had a few support calls with their people. They are totally reachable and helpful, sharing screens, controlling my screen, showing why things happened, not just correcting it. If you have an issue with the software, let them help. They are there for you, and they are friendly, accessible, and happy to do their job.
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Alternatives Considered
Apollo.io
Make.com, Dripify and Hubspot all seem to have similar systems. However, they don't have any of the data. So, you wind up spending more money and time connecting them all to your system. Zoom Info has great data, but they didn't have automation. Apollo.io allows you to combined all of these other ones into on system which is fantastic.
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ConnectAndSell, Inc.
We have moved to Salesloft. Salesloft gave us greater visibility into performance metrics and integrated with more software which in turn helped streamline our business.
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Return on Investment
Apollo.io
  • I've only just started using Apollo, but with the 24 emails I've sent out using Apollo, I've already received one response, which is a much better ratio than before.
  • I was also able to add several companies that were not already in my Salesforce account, which appeared in Apollo.io.
  • Apollo.io helped me find genuine companies that we could assist through the prospecting filters, which was very helpful.
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ConnectAndSell, Inc.
  • It gives you greater potential to lock in a client, but I'm not sure from my end if this ROI is worth the headaches. It has a lot of work before it can become a truly reliable source for outbounding.
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ScreenShots

Apollo.io Screenshots

Screenshot of Find every prospect. Uncover high-intent contacts in your market.Screenshot of Connect with every contact. Orchestrate multi-step sequences at scale.Screenshot of Optimize your sales strategy. Unlock efficiencies and opportunities across your entire workflow.Screenshot of Apollo B2B Lead Database - Access data on more than 250M people and companies.Screenshot of Apollo Engagement Suite - Automate personalized messages across your entire pipeline.Screenshot of Apollo Intelligence Engine - Improve your revenue strategy across your workflow and boost efficiencies.

ConnectAndSell Screenshots

Screenshot of ConnectAndSell Advanced Sales Acceleration Technology